Woodworking blog entries tagged with 'crosscut sled'

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I just completed a two part video series on how I made my new table saw sled. I’ve named the new sled the “Super Sled”.
The Super Sled combines two of my best shop jigs!
I love my original crosscut sled, so when the voters at Eagle Lake asked me to make a video about how to make that s...

I finished the latest accessory for the Super Sled – the Tenon Jig. It’s pretty darn easy to build. Given the cost of commercial tenon jigs, you could easily make this one with the scrap plywood you have laying around.
The Tenon Jig’s features include: - micro adjustment feature- built in scale- unique leveling system
For PDF measured drawing of the Super Sled and the Tenon Jig, go to the project page and click on the “Browse This Projects Files” link towards the top:h...

With the new saw I have needed to make a new crosscut sled. I have been struggling with cutting large plywood panels so I also decided to make a panel cutting sled based on Norm's design
Panel Sled
I started by planing some white oak to fit in the miter slots.
The runners are set just below the table surface.
I attached the runner to a 3 foot run of plywood….
.... and ran the ply through the saw.
I attached a fence to the back of the sled square to the cut edge.
It...

Well here is my latest sled design.
This sled is a combination of many sleds that i have seen in the past. One sled that really influenced it, is the super sled by john nixon at eagle lake woodworking. I like the t track on the sled part (the sheet part) but i am going to use real t track. I also liked the t track on top of the fence, which i incorporated, but it stops there. This sled should be able to do just about everything. You can cut 45’s ( blade tilting at 45 deg ) and every o...

Drawer Parts Galore
I started by squaring some panels to the width of the drawers. To save time I rabbeted the entire panel. Later I would rip them to create the sized drawer fronts.
Testing the drawer front fit. You can see the drawer pieces in each cubby awaiting their fronts.
The backs of the drawers are held by dadoes 1/2” in from the back of the drawer. I got to spend some quality time with the new crosscut sled.If you squint you can see that there is another 1/2”...

Tired of dealing with a loose or binding Crosscut Sled? Consider upgrading to adjustable metal runners.
There are many opinions about crosscut sled design. Just Google “crosscut sleds” and you will see it returns about 125,000 results.
This post considers what is under your crosscut sled – the runners. In the video I review my experience with two different types of aluminum runners.
What is your experience with crosscut sled runners? Do you prefer metal runners, or ...

I started out making the Crosscut Sled as in ShopNotes Vol.17, #99… Page 24.
I was doing OK, except that the one in the magazine was made for a Right Tilt Blade…... Mine is a Left Tilt; therefore, I dropped many of the features that I liked and it resulted in more of a straight vanilla Sled.
It does have an extension that can be added for longer material…
Here are the pictures taken…

We don’t do anything small. Not even crosscut sleds! This one has extendable fences, zero clearance inserts, micro-adjusters and three attachable jigs for finger joints, splined miters, half laps, bridle joints, tenons and more! This is part two- where I demonstrate all of the attachments.
You can get detailed instructions for the project here.
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Now that the top is done, it’s time to start the legs and stretchers. I wanted real thick and sturdy legs, so I’m going for 5” square. Prior to starting this project, I had never done any real lamination work. I’ve glued boards together before, end-to-end, to make wider planks. But that material was only 1/2” thick. I never did anything this big before, but this whole lamination thing seemed pretty easy in concept. Sure enough, it wasn’t too bad. Now...